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Chapter 1238 Hei Geer’s Philosophy

Chapter 1238: Chapter 1238 Hei Geer’s Philosophy

It turns out that Hei Geer was stammering and hesitant to speak because he was scared by Feng Jun.

Qingfeng Ridge is extremely far from White Pebble Beach, and the Hei Family only knew that Feng Jun had taken down the Pan and Lu Family brothers, but the clansmen who went to White Pebble Beach returned together, saying that Elder Bai from Mingsha Fang Market was also taken down, and it was Master Sumiao who personally acted.

Immediately after, the elder’s family was also captured by Mingsha Fang Market.

This was truly terrifying; Feng Jun has practically become the nemesis of the wandering clans.

The ones who brought up this matter to the Hei Family were the Zhu Family from Fire Bull Town, which is four to five hundred miles from Qingfeng Town.

The Zhu Family has three enlightened persons and is related by marriage to the Hei Family, not just collateral relatives but direct bloodline marriages.

Of course, in the interactions between the two families, the Hei Family must keep a lower profile, even though they have disciples cultivating at Wuyou Platform.

However, the Zhu Family wouldn’t particularly bully others, maintaining outward formalities; as for superior words and manners, they couldn’t be avoided—strength demands it.

A person from the Zhu Family met a Yinsha disciple and subsequently came into contact with You Longzi.

You Longzi said that since the Zhu Family is from Fire Bull Town, they are not far from Qingfeng Ridge, where there is land worth exploiting. If you fear causing trouble, I can be your support, but of course, I won’t help you for free.

The person from the Zhu Family then went to the Hei Family to inquire what was going on with Qingfeng Ridge.

The Hei Family’s response was the same as what You Longzi said, that this place had been purchased, intended for developing the fossilized insect corpses underground.

As local natives, the Zhu Family also knew Qingfeng Ridge had fossilized insect corpses. In fact, some years ago, they had utilized these fossilized insect corpses; it was quite heating in winter.

However, after burning this thing, the smell is quite unpleasant, far inferior to firewood, and this type of flame is not suitable for cooking.

Therefore, the Zhu Family later stopped dealing with the fossilized insect corpses here—other than when urgent fire was needed, they were far less useful than firewood and required special vessels to contain them.

Truth be told, the Zhu Family didn’t believe that fossilized insect corpses could be sold for Spirit Stones, as these things don’t possess Spiritual Energy and are mundane items.

However, if both You Longzi and another enlightened person think it’s worthwhile, the venture may be worth attempting.

Therefore, the Zhu Family hoped the Hei Family could contact Feng Jun and increase the price by twenty percent above the original to purchase this land.

The Hei Family clearly stated they were uncertain about how to contact Feng Jun, emphasizing that this was a business introduced by clan relatives cultivating at Wuyou Platform; it wouldn’t be wise to casually anger the patron.

In the eyes of the Zhu Family, a Qi-Refining disciple at Wuyou Platform was far inferior to a Yinsha Sect’s intermediate level enlightened person.

But the Hei Family stated: no matter how strong an enlightened person from the Yinsha Sect is, they are only coincidentally acquainted with the Zhu Family, whereas a Qi-Refining disciple from Wuyou Platform is a blood relative of my Hei Family.

Once this was said, the Zhu Family couldn’t press the Hei Family further; after all, they were relatives by marriage, and the future of Qi-Refining disciples at the Four Sects and Wutai had considerable imagination—not merely "don’t underestimate the poor youth," but "can grow to what extent."

Nonetheless, they did not forget to remind them, saying that when the owners were seen, remember to ask whether this land was for sale.

Besides that, they took away one hundred Storage Talismans filled with crude oil, intending to analyze what was good about the items.

The Hei Family did not stop them from taking crude oil, as in their view, the underground fossilized insect corpses were practically endless; taking some by relatives through marriage wasn’t a big issue.

In fact, even if other locals took some crude oil, it wasn’t a problem—as long as they remembered to greet.

Anyway, Qingfeng Ridge’s treatment was entirely different from White Pebble Beach, resulting in distinct outcomes.

In truth, there were others who came afterward to discuss purchasing this land, but the Hei Family directly said that the Zhu Family had already asked, and we hadn’t agreed. But even if the owner wished to sell, our first contact would definitely be relatives by marriage.

With the Zhu Family in front, the Hei Family faced considerably fewer troubles.

The recent events at Mingsha Fang Market were reported, and the Zhu Family also heard—indeed, it was they who passed the news to the Hei Family.

But a night later, Hei Family members rushed to tell the Zhu Family: Feng Jun is precisely the owner of Qingfeng Ridge, and also... White Pebble Beach seems to have fossilized insect corpses.

The Zhu Family was directly dumbfounded: Damn, we had planned to forcibly buy Qingfeng Ridge from this guy?

It wasn’t necessarily a forced buy, since there was a twenty percent premium, but if the other party refused to sell, the Zhu Family might not necessarily stop—ultimately we are locals, and that meddlesome guy is merely an outsider.

Essentially, the Zhu Family, with three enlightened persons, inherently had a certain degree of external aggression—not counting those hobbling wandering families—with two wandering enlightened persons, the family would merely balance two legs; with three enlightened persons, there was the confidence to consider external expansion.

Simply put, the Zhu Family initially didn’t pay attention to Feng Jun, but upon hearing this mighty news, they immediately retreated—the Zhu Family was three enlightened persons, Lu Family was also three enlightened persons, Zhu Family definitely didn’t think they were stronger than the Lu Family, who ruled Mingsha.

However, they weren’t too worried either—after all, they had merely some minor thoughts, having done nothing.

Therefore, the Zhu Family specially greeted the Hei Family: definitely, definitely do not actively raise our Zhu Family.

When Feng Jun’s side inquired about who exactly was representing You Longzi to understand the situation, the Black Family had no choice but to express: "Those are local folks, please spare them."

They could only choose to plead for the Zhu Family, without even the qualification to be evasive—the Black Family had previously used the Zhu Family as a shield, and even if they did not speak, it was impossible to hide from Feng Jun.

Upon hearing Hei Geer’s explanation, Feng Jun also found it somewhat amusing—has my notorious reputation already spread here?

However, he wasn’t going to easily agree to the Black Family’s request, "Though one who does not know should not be blamed, I won’t kill his whole family, but if he covets others’ belongings indiscriminately, I still need to have a word with him."

Hei Geer wanted to plead further, but truly didn’t dare anymore. Mountain Master Feng’s words had already given him face.

Before they had even explored halfway through the area, the sky turned dark, and they chose not to return to Qingfeng Town but instead camped locally.

The next day, they continued inspecting the area—Feng Jun wanted to know if the Black Family secretly extracted crude oil behind his back.

He would definitely not mind if local people used a bit of crude oil, but extracting to sell, that’s a different matter altogether.

Inspection results proved there were no signs of large-scale extraction.

As for small-scale extraction, only heaven knows—that kind of thing can truly be concealed by a mere stone blocking the oil well in this realm.

By afternoon, everyone took the flying artifact back to Qingfeng Town. Feng Jun and Huang Fu Wuxia, as usual, did not enter town, but chose a secluded spot on the outskirts to descend, and then released the mobile abode.

To the Black Family, the mobile abode was something akin to a legend.

In less than ten minutes after releasing it, a group of people hurriedly came out from the town, led by an ascendant from the Zhu Family, who brought several disciples and offered ten jars of three-hundred-year-old spiritual wine, seeking an audience with Mountain Master Feng from Mount Zhige.

After all, due to the marriage alliance with the Black Family, Feng Jun’s words from yesterday had already reached the Zhu Family, making them feel that they need not say anything further and decided to apologize in person to seek forgiveness.

How should one say? The daughter of the Black Family married into the Zhu Family, with a "virtuous wife, the husband avoids disaster."

Feng Jun did not fuss too much, accepting their gift, and in return, gave them a jar of "Three Points of Longing."

He did not distinguish the rights and wrongs regarding this matter, just calmly expressed, "You came in time, let’s settle it like this... I hope there won’t be a next time. I assure you there won’t be a third."

This meant that if a similar incident happens again, the Zhu Family would face an extermination disaster, and of course, there wouldn’t be a third time.

Such words coming from someone at the initial stage of ascendant level might seem a bit arrogant, but... still rather tactful.

The ascendant from the Zhu Family dared not say anything except to explain, "Actually, we were just inquiring about the price."

Anyway, this trip was not in vain, as the matter could be considered settled.

Although Feng Jun did not mind, Huang Fu Wuxia was still troubled—what she cared about most was that if the Yinsha Sect was allowed to exert influence, her most valued communication systems and generator power might be controlled by others.

So after everyone left, she approached Feng Jun, "I think this place lacks supervision. If you’re too busy, I can provide manpower... If you find the crude oil profits low and the staffing a burden, I can buy your shares."

The crude oil profit is thin... In the Earth Realm, that statement would be laughable, but in the current Cultivation World, it’s not entirely incorrect. Even according to Feng Jun’s conversion method, his profits from crude oil don’t align with his set exchange rate between the two realms.

Thankfully, the quantity is large, and with several thousand Spirit Stones spent here, the income on the other side reaches billions of Huaxia Currency—not to mention loss or gain, neither side lacks money, and the effect is good.

What, not spent several thousand Spirit Stones? Don’t joke... buying these two pieces of land already cost four thousand Spirit Stones.

Feng Jun thought for a moment and glanced at her again, "The issue with these profits... is that it’s difficult for you to supervise, isn’t it?"

He was actually willing to sell a portion of shares to Huang Fu Wuxia, but... she wouldn’t accept Huaxia Currency, would she?

Huang Fu Wuxia shot him a glance, "What do I care how much you earn, the point is if I invest, whoever wants to mess around is not just targeting you. My Huang Fu Family is not easily bullied... Moreover, my people can help monitor these local ruffians."

Listening to these words, Feng Jun couldn’t help but nod silently. The Huang Fu family has developed to this point indeed not by chance. Huang Fu Wuxia seemed money-obsessed but was never stingy in doing things.

A while ago, she spent a thousand Spirit Stones at Mingsha to buy land from the Duan Family, and now she wants to invest more money. These inputs yield no Spirit Stones return yet, but the harvest... cannot be bought even by spending Spirit Stones.

Moreover, he’s not stingy either. After profiting much from oil, how could he not let her enjoy the benefits?

At the very least, he ought to give her a few sets of communication systems, so everyone would gain.

Hence, he nodded, "Then bring out a thousand, but I won’t take it from you. Consider it your family’s wages—within ten years, make sure this place is watched properly; you won’t lose out."

"No problem," Huang Fu Wuxia smiled and nodded, feeling a bit smug inside—can you escape?

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